Chapter 24. Sexual dimorphism and transsexuality: Clinical observations.
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Front Cover; Sex Differences in the Brain: The Relation Between Structure and Function; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Section 1: Steroid Actions on the Central Nervous System; Chapter 1. Molecular aspects of the interaction between estrogen and the membrane excitability of hypothalamic nerve cells; Chapter 2. Androgen metabolism in the brain: Behavioural correlates; Chapter 3. Sexual dimorphism in the hypothalamic metabolism of testosterone in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).
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Chapter 19. Hormonal organization of sex differences in play fighting and spatial behaviorChapter 20. Social influences on sex differences in the behaviour and endocrine state of talapoin monkeys; Chapter 21. Differentiation of sexual behaviour in female marmoset monkeys: Effects of neonatal testosterone or a male co-twin; Section 4: Sex Differences in the Human Brain; Chapter 22. Sexual differentiation of the human brain. A historical perspective; Chapter 23. Psychoendocrine research on sexual orientation. Current status and future options.
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Chapter 4. On the genesis of sexual differentiation of the central nervous system: Morphogenetic consequences of steroidal exposure and possible role of a-fetoproteinChapter 5. Participation of estrogens in female sexual differentiation of the brain: Neuroanatomical, neuroendocrine and behavioral evidence; Chapter 6. Serotoninergic influences on sexual differentiation of the rat brain; Section 2: Morphological Sex Differences in the Brain; Chapter 7. Critical role for the medial preoptic area in the sexual differentiation of the brain.
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Chapter 8. Steroid influences on the development and function of a neuromuscular systemChapter 9. The avian song system: Relating sex differences in behavior to dimorphism in the central nervous system; Chapter 10. Sex differences in vasopressin and other neurotransmitter systems in the Brain; Chapter 11. Sex differences in developmental plasticity in the visual cortex and hippo- campal dentate gyrus; Chapter 12. Morphometric methods in sexual dimorphism research on the central nervous system; Chapter 13. Sexual differentiation of the forebrain -- Relationship to gonadotrophin secretion.
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Section 3: Functional Sex Differences in the BrainChapter 14. Lordosis as a sexually dimorphic neural function; Chapter 15. Sexual differentiation: Do males differ from females in behavioral sensitivity to gonadal hormones?; Chapter 16. Hormone-dependent socio-sexual behaviors and neurotransmitters ; Chapter 17. Relationship between sexual and aggressive behavior in male and female rats: Effects of gonadal hormones; Chapter 18. Comparison of Aggressive Behaviour Induced by Electrical Stimulation in the Hypothalamus of Male and Female Rats.
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SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE BRAIN.
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SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE BRAIN : THE RELATION BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.
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9780444805324
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Brain-- anatomy & histology, Congresses.
Brain-- physiology, Congresses.
Brain-- Sex differences-- Congresses. Brain-- physiology-- congresses. Brain-- anatomy and histology-- congresses. Sex Factors-- congresses. Sex Differentiation, Congresses.